Let's bounce forward.

We are in the worst of times. The pandemic killed more than 300K people. Lives are disrupted. Dreams dissipated. We want to bounce back. But we must not. Because whatever brought us here cannot bring us to where we want to be.

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Filipinos are known for resiliency. We “bounce back”. The goal is not only to survive this pandemic. We can position ourselves so we don’t have to do the same things again and again.

Equip leaders.

The rules of the game have changed. The world as we know it is gone. This is the best time to develop leaders who are adaptive, creative, innovative, and future-ready.

Build organizations that thrive.

Keep your people in times of crisis. Invest in them in these turbulent times and you will find yourself ahead. This is the best time to engage people and build your teams.

Don’t panic; lead.

Today is the best time to become a leader. Today is the best time to grow great leaders.

The pandemic disrupted our lives. To stay alive, we allowed our governments to confine us in our homes hoping and praying that they’ll be able to work something great within 15 days. Seventy days after the lockdown, the government came up with many modifiers for community quarantine. You know the story.

This is unlike many rock-bottom moments in our lives. This is unlike the twenty typhoons that visit our country every year. Or the earthquakes that shook and shocked us. This is not another Yolanda or Marawi. But its impact will be with us for years.

We can play victims and blame Digong. We can panic, run like headless chickens. We can curse like crazy. We can hide in our bunkers until the vaccine is out.

Or choose to control what we can and take the lead.

Don’t panic; lead.

Yes, we are in a rock-bottom situation. But we are not hopeless.

Covid-19 shows us opportunities we have not seen before.

Make the most of these opportunities to heal ourselves. Make the most of these opportunities to prepare ourselves for another pandemic-like situation.

Make the most of these opportunities so we can place ourselves in the best position to help others. Make the most of these opportunities to be great leaders, to transform teams, and build companies that last.

Make the most of these opportunities to sell growth mindset to Filipinos and build professionals who are ready for 2030 and beyond.

My Mission

Since 2008, this website has been providing leaders new ideas and strategies on leadership, personal excellence, and entrepreneurship.

More than a million people have visited this website and thousands have applied the tools and techniques I have shared. This resulted in hundreds of live leadership workshops here in the Philippines and abroad.

During these turbulent times, I pivot to serve more people. In addition to my core topics, I am offering solutions to many of the challenges brought by Covid-19. I am expanding my reach too. I offer webinars, online courses, digital products, and online communities.

Take our government leaders, for example. They said that the GCQ is the new normal. Then after some days, they changed it to MGCQ. I said before that being quarantined is not normal.

They don’t have long term goals for us.

We can bounce forward. We can create a society much better than what Covid-19 destroyed. MGCQ is a transition stage; it is not what we aspire. We must envision a future that will make us a better nation.

Without that vision, we are playing not to lose. And that’s why we are not winning.

Many people have false beliefs about their capacity. A relative success in their small world makes them believe that they can easily multiply it in the big world.

It is tempting to believe that with greater influence and more money at one’s disposal, one can do as he pleases. That all others who came before them were nincompoops. That they can accomplish in three months what others failed to do in ten years.

I get this impression every time the President speaks.

In many occasions, sometimes even on live TV, he confessed that he was overwhelmed by the bigness of national problems. That he is sick and that he is tired. That the challenges he promised to solve in three days, three months, or three years cannot be solved in six years or in a lifetime.

He even said that there is no hope for us for we are a god-forsaken country.

But he was, of course, quick to remind us that there is still one hope. Him. He said that he is our last card.

I don’t believe this. But many do.

There are ways to improve the lives of our people. But I doubt we can solve it the old way.

Though the President promised change, he cannot deliver many of his promises. That’s because he is a man of the past. He uses mindsets, strategies, and tactics of traditional politicians, not of innovative leaders.

Learn from our experience during these turbulent times. We do not have to see ourselves in these rock-bottom situation again and again.

Working with others is never easy. In fact, working with others are usually frustrating, time consuming, and stressful.

Ask me why.

Because teamwork isn’t natural to us. Filipinos are competitive that there is a tendency not to cooperate with others — most specially with people whom we deem as competition to promotion.

Dito kami, Doon Kayo. Walang pakialaman.

Company meetings are usually longer than necessary. There are team members who speak too much but do not know how to listen. There are those who dare not speak, baka kasi mapag-initan.

No wonder, most meetings are wasted opportunities to solve problems.

How about those who think that team building is all about playing games? Or those who simply want to play games and nothing more?

One reason why many Filipinos chose to play games, no matter how artificial, than engage into courageous conversations is because they are not ready to confront others. They do not know how. They are afraid of the consequences.

This is why a team building experience that provides your team members problem solving tools that encourages communication and collaboration is highly beneficial to the health of any team.

Learning a few conflict resolution tactics is of high practical value.

Jef Menguin

Great organizations grow great leaders out of ordinary people.

The world is fast changing. Those who play small, safe and same-same will fade and die. Those of us who care must do something radical now.

In the olden days, people believe that leaders are born not made. Either you have it or you don’t. So, they made slaves and kings and freemen who aren’t free at all.

Until now, many of us still doubt our abilities to lead. This is why they allow others to make decisions for them.

Many of us depend on those who promise a new tomorrow.

The promise like “change is coming” attracts them. Change always comes. We cannot prevent change. We cannot even delay it.